A 30-year-old transgender man, who identifies as a dog, wears a puppy mask and plays fetch on all fours.
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Tony McGinn, also known as ‘Tony Bark’, says identifying as a dog has brought him closer to his husband and handler Andrew who fully supports him.
Tony, from Los Angeles, regularly has play dates with other role-players and his husband and ‘handler’ accompanies him.
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Tony said: “To me, a dog is everything pure in the world.point 158 | Dogs experience the world through a lens of pure joy that I don’t think other animals have.point 235 |
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“And now in my adult life, in my relationships, it’s a way for me to feel vulnerable and exposed and close to my partner. It’s a very intimate thing.”
“Imagine if the easiest way to delight your partner is you just throw a ball across the room. Relationships wouldn’t fail anymore if that’s all you had to do.”
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Tony’s husband Andrew says he provides him with lots of attention and tells him he is a good boy.point 301 | 1
Andrew said he is thankful he is married to someone who encourages him to explore his imagination while he does the same.
He said: “I think everyone should feel comfortable exploring the limits of their creativity and imagination and most of us have grown up in a culture that strongly discourages you from taking it too far.”
Tony, who identifies as a dog, says he considers himself a pup at all times every day, but he doesn’t engage in pet play every day – only a few times a month.
He engages in pet play often in a social setting such as a club or an event.
Tony loves playing fetch and tug of war with his husband and handler Andrew.
Andrew said: “In a practical sense all I really do is help fill out the fantasy by being the human. In the same way, a human looks after their pet to make sure that their pet doesn’t have a little too much fun and hurt themselves.”
“I bring water and just tell Tony when he needs to chill out.”
Tony added: “I think everyone should try it once, and if they like it, they should try it a second time.”
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